Desperately trying to oc my gateway 1171xl fx

Hi, I posted above and somebody responded with the stick for oc'ing brrand name cpu's. I tried all 3 utilities for windows and nothing works. ntune gives me a blue screeen and a memory dump. clockgen can't init its database and the other windows utility says It doesnt work with vista.

So, I went google searching for overclocking software, and ran into a thread about gateway fx notebooks. Well, according to their guide, you must have an extreme processor to oc, and I don't

There must be other software out there that can get me to oc. Can anyone here PLEASE help.

Thanks,

PittViper

 

First off, is this a laptop your trying to overclock? If that's the case its a really bad idea to overclock a laptop. Secondly some PLLs just don't respond well to real time clock change. Have you tried applying a slower then stock speed to see if its the PLL throwing off errors on clock change ?

 

It is a laptop, a gateway xl fx. I thought 2.4 Ghz would be fast enough, but when run benchmarks, when it runs the video benches, it is not fast enough to play.

How do I lower the clock to check if it can be done, and how do I know
exactly what the clock is now to set it back. Further, exactly which benchmarking program will provide me the most information.

Also, why is it a bad idea to oc a laptop? Aren't there utilities to help cool your cpu?

thanks, look forward to hearing from you.

PittViper

 

I'm definitely far from any type of expert on OCing, but from the little bit I know, laptops generally do not OC.... at all. You might be able to OC the processor depending on the BIOS, but even that is probably highly unlikely. OCing a laptop is a really bad idea because there's no real way to cool them other than using a cooling pad. A utility isn't going to keep your laptop cool. Cooling is not performed by software (software = programs), it's performed by hardware.

Laptops are generally not recommended for any type of higher end gaming. They just don't have the video power for it. There are gaming laptops on the retail market, and they aren't cheap. Expect to pay at least $1400 for a decent gamer, and up to $2500 or more for a top end gaming laptop with built-in SLI.